The Wings' Mikael Samuelsson, here in practice against Jimmy Howard, could be a candidate for a buyout.

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The Detroit Red Wings will have a chance to ease their payroll next week, and are likely to take advantage of the opportunity if they can't work out any trades.

The window to use two compliance buyouts this summer opens 48 hours after the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs - either Wednesday or Friday - and closes July 4. Teams can also opt to save one, or both, compliance buyouts for next summer. Usually buyouts count against the salary cap, but these two are exempt, part of austerity measures designed to help clubs adjust to a salary cap which will drop $6 million to $64.3 million for 2013-14.